Mukuṭatāḍitaka
Work
ID: 108816
Full name: Mukuṭatāḍitaka
Year: 600 c.
Availability: Fragmented
Language: Sanskrit
Discipline: Nāṭya
Genre: Nāṭaka
Alternative names: Makuṭatāḍitaka
Name in local script: मुकुटताडितक
More facts:
- The Mukuṭatāḍitaka [MT] is a lost play by Bāṇabhatta, on the theme of the duel between Duryodhana and Bhīma.
- Verses from the MT are found cited in Caṇḍapāla’s commentary on the Nalacampū [ca. 950 CE] and Bhoja’s magnum opus Śṛṅgāraprakāśa [ca. 1100 CE].
- The play may have inspired Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa’s play Veṇisaṁhāra, Rājaśekhara’s play Bālabhārata and Ranna’s Kannada kāvya Sāhasabhīmavijayam [c. 1000 CE].
Story:
- Here are the available verses from the MT - dhvastāḥ kṣudrāḥ dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ samastāḥ pītaṃ raktaṃ svādu duḥśāsanasya | pūrṇā kṛṣṇākeśabandhapratijñā tiṣṭhatyekaḥ kauravasyorubhaṅgaḥ || ūrū nipīḍya gadayā yadi nāsya tasya pādena ratnamukuṭaṃ śakalīkaromi | dehaṃ nipītanijadhūmavijṛmbhamāṇajvālājaṭālavapuṣi jvalane juhomi || āśā proṣitadiggajā iva guhāḥ pradhvastasiṃhā iva droṇyaḥ kṛttamahādrumā iva bhuvaḥ protkhātaśailā iva | bibhrāṇāḥ kṣayakālariktasakalatrailokyakaṣṭāṃ daśāṃ jātāḥ kṣīṇamahārathāḥ kurupater devasya śūnyāḥ sabhāḥ ||
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